The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax [Publication Details]

Feb 19, 2025 - In this post, we provide an update and comments on the implementation of a new firearm and ammunition tax that went into effect beginning July 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4970

The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax

Feb 19, 2025 - Figure 1 Distribution Priority for Excise Tax Revenue Funding Priority Order Maximum Annual Amount (In Millions) Department $75.0 BSCC California Violence Intervention and Prevention (CalVIP) Grant Program which provides competitive grants for violence prevention activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - Specifically, when a local emergency is declared by a city, county, or city/county governing body, CESA requires the emergency to be reviewed every 60 days by the governing body until the local emergency is terminated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

January 2025 Los Angeles Wildfires Impact on Local Property Tax Revenues [EconTax Blog]

Feb 10, 2025 - These property tax revenues would have gone to the County and City of Los Angeles and the cities of Pasadena and Sierra Madre, as well as a number of local school districts and special districts. We expect assessed values to recover over time as debris are removed and homes are rebuilt.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/819

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - This is due to the complex formula that dictates the order in which special funds receive criminal fine and fee revenue that is collected. Given the fund ’s priority order in this formula, it is not certain that it would receive the expected revenues as funds with a higher ‑priority order could receive the bulk of any additional revenue collected.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities [Publication Details]

Apr 10, 2025 - In this report, we describe how the Legislature has delegated some of its core powers to allow the Governor to exercise emergency authorities during a state of emergency. Next, we assess the degree to which this is necessary to facilitate emergency response and whether there are adequate oversight mechanisms in place.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5029

^[PDF] Proposition 103—One Year Later

Insurance fraud (including faked accidents, faked injuries, false repair cost estimates and other false statements) is often mentioned as a significant factor affecting the cost of insurance. Many kinds offraud are difficult and costly to inves- tigate and prosecute; therefore, it is often cheaper to pay suspect claims than to pursue them.
https://lao.ca.gov/1990/reports/351_0290_prop_103_1_year_later.pdf

Proposition 33 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - Yes/No Statement A YES vote on this measure means: State law would not limit the kinds of rent control laws cities and counties could have. A NO vote on this measure means: State law would continue to limit the kinds of rent control laws cities and counties could have.  
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=33&year=2024

Restrictions on certain oil drilling permits (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Sep 21, 2023 - Well operators must get a permit from CalGEM in order to drill a new well or to modify, repair, or plug a n existing well. Under certain circumstances, CalGEM can order that operators plug wells or can undertake the plugging and remediating of wells directly.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-014

Emergency shutdown orders. [Ballot]

Oct 20, 2021 - Specifically, the Legislature could extend state-issued shutdown orders by a two-thirds vote, and city councils and county boards of supervisors could extend shutdown orders issued by their jurisdictions by a six-tenths vote.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-018